A holidaymaker feared she had lost her false teeth forever - after leaving them on a P&O ferry. Kash Henry, 31, had spent an enjoyable day touring Rotterdam with her friend Heidi when the latter realised something was wrong.
It dawned on Heidi that she had left her false teeth on board the overnight ferry. The events unfolded on the day it was revealed P&O Ferries had sacked 800 British crew across its entire fleet due to cut costs.
Luckily, Heidi was reunited with her teeth hours later - but not before she had a hilarious moment of panic when she thought they were gone forever. School playworker Kash said: "It was a nightmare for her, but it was the funniest thing I've ever seen.
"Everyone was stressing getting texts from family about P&O sacking staff and she was panicking about her lost teeth. The way she shouted, 'my teeth! My teeth!' had us and all the other passengers howling.
"She was so happy when she got her teeth back and gave us a big smile with them - it was really something to remember!"
The pair, who were on a Northern Soul Mini Cruise with Kash's mum and sister, had travelled overnight on Wednesday from Hull to Rotterdam. They were due to travel back on the same boat Thursday night - but Kash and Heidi began to panic while they were waiting for the coach back to the boat.
Kash, from Hinckley, Leicestershire said: "We hadn't heard anything, but then started getting lots of messages from family about everything kicking off at P&O. We started to think the coach and boat might not be coming and we would be stranded there.
"That was when Heidi shouted, 'my teeth! My teeth!'. She looked like she might cry, but we were too busy laughing."
Luckily, after almost an hour, their coach did turn up to return them to the ferry port. Horrified Heidi was reunited with her teeth the same day after all.
Kash said: "When we got back onto the boat, Heidi was so excited - she put them straight in. Then she flashed this huge smile with her teeth. The panic had been unbelievable for her - they're really expensive to replace. When she got the teeth back, it was really something to remember!"
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